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TED TALKS
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
1,
Scene
1
1.
Who
is
the
author
of
the
play?
2.
What
color
is
the
room
where
the
mother
and
son
argue
in
Scene
1?
3.
Where
is
the
son
going
when
he
asks
his
mother
for
a
knife?
4.
Which
weapon
does
the
mother
not
mention
in
her
rant?
5.
When
describing
a
man
coming
home
dead,
what
item
does
the
mother
mention
is
placed
across
his
breast?
6.
What
reason
does
the
mother
give
for
a
dish
of
salt
being
included
in
a
coffin?
7.
What
flower
does
the
mother
say
her
husband
smells
like?
8.
What
is
the
mother
describing
in
the
following
text:
"They
let
them
eat
there,
and
smoke,
and
make
music
if
they
want
to!"?
9.
What
does
the
mother
tell
her
son
she
wishes
he
was
in
Act
1,
Scene
1?
10.
What
does
the
mother
offer
to
give
her
son's
fiance?
11.
What
does
the
mother
tell
her
son
to
buy
his
fiance?
12.
What
does
the
mother
say
she
wishes
to
do
with
her
granddaughters?
13.
What
does
the
mother
start
to
do
to
her
son
but
stops
short
in
Act
1,
Scene
1?
14.
What
area
does
the
mother
tell
her
son
to
tend
to
because
he
has
neglected
it?
15.
What
does
the
mother
say
to
her
son
just
before
he
leaves
her
house
in
Act
1,
Scene
1?
16.
What
is
the
neighbor
wearing
on
her
head
when
she
comes
to
visit
the
mother?
17.
How
many
years
does
the
mother
say
it
has
been
since
she
has
left
her
home?
18.
What
does
the
mother's
neighbor
say
is
responsible
for
cutting
off
a
young
neighborhood
boy's
arms?
19.
What
is
the
name
of
the
boy
whose
arms
are
cut
off?
20.
Whom
does
the
mother
question
her
neighbor
about
in
Act
1,
Scene
1?
21.
Who
is
described
as
"a
very
nice
young
woman"?
22.
Who
is
described
as
"Beautiful,
A
glow
in
her
face..."?
23.
Why
does
the
neighbor
tell
the
mother
that
she
dislikes
the
bride's
mother?
24.
How
old
does
the
neighbor
say
the
son's
fiance
is
when
she
dates
her
last
suitor?
25.
What
is
the
family
name
of
the
men
who
kill
the
mother's
husband
and
son?
26.
How
old
is
Leonardo
when
the
mother's
husband
and
son
are
killed?
27.
Who
is
the
mother
talking
about
when
she
says
"my
mouth
fills
with
mud"?
28.
What
does
the
neighbor
tell
the
mother
to
keep
her
mouth
shut
about?
29.
What
reason
does
the
neighbor
give
the
mother
when
she
leaves?
30.
What
does
the
neighbor
say
the
children
are
worn
out
from
at
the
end
of
Act
1,
Scene
1?
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
1,
Scene
2
1.
Where
does
Act
1,
Scene
2
take
place?
2.
How
does
the
lullaby
sung
by
Leonardo's
wife
and
mother-in-law
begin?
3.
What
animal
is
the
lullaby
about
that
is
sung
in
Act
1,
Scene
2?
4.
What
color
are
the
"long
rooms"
in
the
lullaby?
5.
In
the
lullaby
sung
by
Leonardo's
wife
and
mother-in-law,
what
is
the
animal
afraid
of?
6.
Finish
the
line
from
the
lullaby:
"And
in
its
eye
a
dagger
of
___".
7.
What
flower
does
the
lullaby
use
that
is
directed
at
the
child?
8.
Finish
the
line
from
the
lullaby:
"With
a
branch
of
dreams,
and
a
dream
of
____".
9.
What
is
the
cot
in
the
lullaby
made
of?
10.
What
is
the
cover
in
the
lullaby
made
of?
11.
What
does
the
baby
do
after
the
lullaby
is
finished?
12.
Who
is
described
as
"fresh
as
a
dahlia"?
13.
Where
does
Leonardo
tell
his
wife
he
has
been
going
on
his
horse
in
Scene
2?
14.
How
long
does
Leonardo
tell
his
wife
he
has
been
replacing
his
horse's
shoes?
15.
Who
tells
Leonardo's
wife
that
he
has
been
riding
his
horse
to
the
edge
of
the
plain?
16.
Who
sees
the
horse
"in
a
lather"?
17.
What
type
of
drink
does
Leonardo's
wife
offer
him?
18.
How
does
Leonardo
ask
for
his
drink
to
be
prepared?
19.
What
item
does
Leonardo
tell
his
wife
he
has
been
weighing
while
he
is
away
with
his
horse?
20.
What
does
Leonardo's
wife
ask
that
he
buy
for
their
baby?
21.
Who
says,
"He's
down
there
stretched
out,
with
his
eyeballs
bulging..."?
22.
Where
does
Leonardo
tell
his
mother-in-law
his
horse
has
been
after
she
comments
that
it
looks
very
tired?
23.
What
question
does
Leonardo's
wife
ask
him
that
makes
him
angry?
24.
Who
says,
"She
might
be
right.
That
girl
has
depths"?
25.
How
long
does
Leonardo
date
his
wife's
cousin?
26.
What
does
the
girl
call
Leonardo's
wife
when
she
comes
to
her
home
in
Act
1,
Scene
2?
27.
Who
is
described
as
a
"tall,
stern
woman"?
28.
What
does
the
girl
tell
Leonardo's
wife
the
son
and
his
mother
bought
at
the
store?
29.
What
item
does
not
appear
on
the
gift
that
the
son
buys
for
his
bride?
30.
What
does
Leonardo
cause
the
girl
to
do
after
she
tells
him
about
the
gifts
the
son
and
mother
have
purchased?
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
1,
Scene
3
1.
Where
does
Act
1,
Scene
3
take
place?
2.
What
item
does
the
mother
ask
her
son
if
he
is
wearing?
3.
How
long
does
it
take
the
mother
to
get
to
the
bride's
home?
4.
What
reason
does
the
son
give
his
mother
to
explain
why
there
are
no
trees
on
his
bride's
land?
5.
Who
is
the
mother
talking
about
when
she
says,
"He'd
have
found
water.
In
our
three
years
he
planted
ten
cherry
trees"?
6.
Of
the
items
the
mother
mentions
her
husband
grew,
which
one
"dried
up"?
7.
What
does
the
bride's
father
claim
wouldn't
grow
on
his
land
at
one
time,
but
now
does?
8.
Who
said,
"You
have
to
punish
it,
torture
it,
to
get
anything!"?
9.
What
is
the
father
talking
about
when
he
says,
"Every
sprig
a
coin
of
silver"?
10.
What
animal
does
the
father
suggest
the
son
use
to
bring
his
vineyard
to
his
land?
11.
When
does
the
mother
say
her
son
and
the
bride's
father
can
join
their
land?
12.
Who
is
described
as
"clean
as
a
sheet
in
the
sun"?
13.
What
positive
attributes
does
the
bride's
father
not
mention
about
her?
14.
What
does
the
servant
bring
on
the
platters
to
serve
to
the
mother,
son
and
father?
15.
How
old
will
the
bride
be
turning
when
she
is
married?
16.
Who
does
the
mother
reminisce
about
by
noting
that
he
is
now
the
same
age
as
the
bride
would
be
on
her
wedding
day?
17.
Who
says,
"I'm
happy.
When
I
say
'yes',
I
say
it
because
I
mean
it"?
18.
What
does
the
mother
describe
as
"a
man,
children,
and
for
everybody
else
a
wall
two
feet
thick"?
19.
What
does
the
mother
claim
the
son
"never
touches"?
20.
Who
says,
"Whenever
I
leave
you
I
feel
a
great
emptiness
and
a
kind
of
lump
in
my
throat"?
21.
What
does
the
servant
ask
the
bride
to
do
after
the
son
and
mother
have
left?
22.
What
does
the
bride
do
to
the
servant
when
she
picks
up
one
of
the
gifts?
23.
Who
says,
"I've
always
done
a
man's
work"?
24.
Who
is
at
the
bride's
window
on
horseback
the
night
before
the
son
and
mother's
visit?
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
2,
Scene
1
1.
Where
does
the
bride
ask
that
the
servant
comb
her
hair?
2.
Finish
the
sentence:
"My
mother
came
from
rich
country,
full
of
____".
3.
What
animal
does
the
servant
compare
the
groom's
breath
stroking
a
shoulder
to?
4.
Who
describes
marriage
as
"a
shining
white
bed.
And
a
woman.
And
a
man."?
5.
What
is
the
bride's
wedding
crown
made
of?
6.
Who
describes
marriage
as
"endless
bitterness"?
7.
What
does
the
bride
do
with
her
crown
when
the
servant
hands
it
to
her?
8.
How
far
of
a
ride
is
the
church
from
the
bride's
house?
9.
Who
is
the
first
guest
to
arrive
at
the
wedding?
10.
How
does
Leonardo
travel
to
the
wedding?
11.
Who
is
Leonardo
talking
about
when
he
says,
"when
he's
dead
he's
dead"?
12.
Who
does
the
servant
ask
Leonardo
about
that
he
forgets
and
then
remembers
'as
in
a
dream'?
13.
Who
says,
"You
know
me,
you
know
I
say
what
I
think"?
14.
Finish
the
sentence:
"as
if
I'd
drunk
a
bottle
of
anise
and
fallen
asleep
on
a
great
heap
of
____".
15.
How
does
the
chant
begin
that
the
servants
announce
as
the
bride
is
waking
up?
16.
According
to
the
wedding
chant
by
the
girls
and
youths,
what
color
ribbons
does
the
groom
tie
on
the
bride's
wreath?
17.
What
instrument
plays
when
the
bride
finally
appears
to
everyone
in
Act
2,
Scene
1?
18.
What
is
the
first
thing
the
groom
says
to
the
bride
on
their
wedding
day?
19.
Who
is
the
mother
angry
to
see
at
the
wedding?
20.
Who
says,
"I
may
bear
it
but
I
don't
forgive
it"?
21.
Who
says,
"I
want
to
see
no
eyes
but
yours"?
22.
Where
does
Leonardo's
wife
want
him
to
ride
to
the
church
for
the
wedding?
23.
Who
says
"your
eyes
are
two
thorns"?
24.
Finish
the
sentence:
"When
you
go
from
your
home
to
the
church,
remember
you
go
like
a
______
_________"?
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
2,
Scene
2
1.
In
the
beginning
of
Act
2,
Scene
2,
what
color
is
the
bride's
balcony
in
the
wedding
chant
sung
by
the
servants?
2.
What
bird
is
the
husband
compared
to
in
the
wedding
chant
in
Act
2,
Scene
2?
3.
Who
arrives
back
at
the
bride's
house
first
after
the
wedding?
4.
Which
member
of
the
Felix
family
does
the
mother
say
started
murdering
others?
5.
Who
says,
"I
am
crazy,
with
everything
I've
had
to
hold
down
and
hold
in"?
6.
What
does
the
mother
and
bride's
father
refer
to
as
"the
one
hope
left"?
7.
What
reason
does
the
bride's
father
give
for
wanting
grandchildren?
8.
Who
does
the
mother
describe
as
"too
like
the
wind"?
9.
What
does
the
mother
say
she
did
with
her
dying
son's
blood?
10.
What
attribute
does
the
bride's
father
credit
her
with
that
he
believes
will
make
many
grandchildren
possible?
11.
What
does
Leonardo
do
when
the
bride
and
groom
arrive
at
the
home
after
the
wedding?
12.
Who
does
the
bride
try
to
get
to
stay
with
her
and
her
new
husband
on
their
wedding
night?
13.
What
does
the
son/groom
tell
the
bride
her
orange
blossoms
are
made
of?
14.
What
reason
does
the
bride
have
for
leaving
the
wedding
party
the
first
time?
15.
What
does
the
servant
tell
the
groom/son
she
has
prepared
for
him
and
the
bride
for
midnight?
16.
What
do
the
girls
bother
the
bride
about
during
the
wedding
party?
17.
What
does
the
bride
describe
as
"a
hard
step,
a
painful
step"?
18.
What
does
the
bride
get
angry
at
the
groom/son
for
doing?
19.
Who
describes
marriage
as
"a
great
inheritance"?
20.
Who
says,
"hug
her
so
hard
you
hurt
her
just
a
little"?
21.
What
type
of
dance
are
the
bride
and
groom
supposed
to
dance
first
and
lead?
22.
Who
first
discovers
that
the
bride
may
be
missing
from
her
room?
23.
Who
informs
the
crowd
that
the
bride
and
Leonardo
have
run
off
together?
24.
What
does
the
groom/son
ask
for
when
he
finds
out
that
the
bride
has
run
off
with
Leonardo?
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
3,
Scene
1
1.
How
many
woodcutters
appear
in
the
forest?
2.
Complete
the
sentence:
"When
the
____
chooses
a
path
it
has
to
be
followed".
3.
What
two
objects
does
one
woodcutter
compare
the
bride
and
Leonardo
to?
4.
Who
does
one
woodcutter
claim
"carried
the
fate
of
his
family"?
5.
What
two
weapons
do
the
woodcutters
say
the
people
searching
for
Leonardo
and
the
bride
have?
6.
What
object
do
the
woodcutters
ask
to
hide
Leonardo
and
the
bride?
7.
What
is
described
as
"a
wash
of
silver"?
8.
What
is
the
moon
portrayed
as?
9.
Who
says,
"Round
swan
on
the
river,
Cathedral's
eye...I
am
all
these
things"?
10.
What
phrase
is
repeated
several
times
by
the
moon
in
its
first
speech?
11.
What
color
clothes
does
the
beggar
woman
wear?
12.
What
does
the
beggar
woman
represent?
13.
Who
says
"Shine
the
waistcoat,
undo
the
buttons"?
14.
What
does
the
son/groom
think
he
hears
in
the
woods?
15.
What
body
part
does
the
son/groom
say
belongs
to
his
father
and
brother?
16.
What
does
the
groom/son
and
the
youth
compare
their
search
for
the
bride
and
Leonardo
to?
17.
Who
does
the
groom/son
run
into
in
the
woods
after
leaving
the
youth?
18.
Who
does
the
beggar
woman
say
would
be
beautiful
if
he
was
asleep?
19.
What
color
branch
do
the
woodcutters
ask
death
to
give
to
the
couple?
20.
What
does
the
bride
beg
Leonardo
to
do
in
Act
3,
Scene
1?
21.
Who
puts
a
new
bridle
on
the
horse
in
Act
3,
Scene
1?
22.
In
Act
3,
Scene
1,
what
do
the
bride
and
Leonardo
say
fills
their
tongues?
23.
Who
says,
"I
will
sleep
at
your
feet,
I
will
guard
your
dreams"?
24.
What
common
phrase
do
the
bride
and
Leonardo
repeat
at
the
end
of
Act
3,
Scene
1?
Short
Answer
Questions
-
Act
3,
Scene
2
1.
What
color
is
the
room
at
the
beginning
of
Act
3,
Scene
2?
2.
How
many
girls
are
in
the
room
discussing
the
bride
and
Leonardo
in
the
beginning
of
Act
3,
Scene
2?
3.
What
color
is
the
wool
the
girls
are
spooling
in
the
beginning
of
Act
3,
Scene
2?
4.
In
Act
3,
Scene
2,
who
are
the
first
to
enter
the
room
after
the
girls?
5.
Who
says,
"Go
to
your
house.
Stay
there,
brave
and
alone"?
6.
What
does
the
mother-in-law
tell
her
daughter
to
make
a
cross
of
on
Leonardo's
pillow?
7.
What
does
the
beggar
woman
ask
the
girls
for
when
she
appears
in
Act
3,
Scene
2?
8.
What
does
one
of
the
girls
tell
the
beggar
woman
she
does
not
like
about
her?
9.
How
does
the
beggar
woman
say
she
arrives
at
the
house
in
Act
3,
Scene
2?
10.
Who
tells
the
women
that
Leonardo
and
the
son
are
dead?
11.
Who
is
described
as
"two
torrents
lying
without
movement"?
12.
What
does
the
beggar
woman
say
the
bride
has
in
her
hair?
13.
Who
is
the
first
to
begin
sobbing
after
the
news
of
the
men's
deaths?
14.
Who
tells
the
first
person
that
cries
over
the
men's
deaths
to
be
quiet?
15.
What
does
the
mother
say
in
Act
3,
Scene
2,
that
she
will
no
longer
be
afraid
of?
16.
What
does
the
mother
refer
to
the
graveyard
as?
17.
What
is
the
bride
missing
when
she
enters
the
house
in
Act
3,
Scene
2?
18.
What
type
of
snake
does
the
mother
call
the
bride?
19.
What
does
the
mother
do
to
the
bride
after
she
insults
her?
20.
Which
of
the
following
ways
does
the
bride
NOT
tell
the
mother
to
use
to
kill
her?
21.
What
does
the
bride
tell
the
mother
she
didn't
do
with
Leonardo
or
the
son?
22.
What
does
the
bride
compare
the
son
to
at
the
end
of
the
play?
23.
Which
of
the
following
things
does
the
mother
NOT
ask
to
be
blessed
at
the
end
of
the
play?
24.
Where
does
the
mother
make
the
bride
weep
for
the
dead
men?
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